Shade and curtain fixture.



I L. WHITE. )SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 1. 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

J. L. WHITE.

SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED APR I. I915.

1 1 89,763. Patented July 4, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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JOHN LYLE WHITE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM F.

SCHMIDT, NEW YORK, N. Y. I

SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 1, 1915. Serial No. 18,547.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Joi-IN LYLE TVVHITE, a citizen of the United States,- residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade and Curtain Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is to provide a bracket constructed to hold a section of a curtain rod and. having sockets to protect which the curtain rod maybe made to be the fitting of one hem of a shade rollerthereto.

A further object is to so form and arrange the parts that the curtain rod is pivotally mounted upon the bracket in a manner to be swung to an operative position on either side of the bracket, and to intermediate positions to permit fitting I and re moval of the curtain therefrom, the bracket being provided with shade roll supporting sockets on the opposite sides thereof to permit use of the bracket at either end of the shade.

Yet another object is to provide a device as described comprising a bracket which may be cheaply and simply manufactured from a single piece of material and with extensible in its length as well as adjustable in a swinging path.

With other objects in view, which will be referred to, my invention consists in the peeuliar combination. and arrangement of parts such as will be hereinafter more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a view in elevation. of the upper portion of the win dow showing my invention fitted in operative position thereon. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of one of the brackets with the curtain rod in operative position thereon and with parts broken away more clearly to illustrate the structure. Fig. 3 is a View in side elevation of the disclosure in Fig. 2 with the rod illustrated as out across. Fig. & is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-l of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of the blank from which the bracket is bent up. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

In the present instance, the bracket is Patented July L, 1916.

illustrated as formed from a single piece of sheet metal stamped or otherwise out to the form in blank as illustrated in Fig. 5, and then bent to the finished shape. This blank comprises the two base portions 1 and 2, each of which is perforated or bored through to have the opening. 3 through which screws or other fastening means may be inserted. Arms 4. and 5 are provided adjacent the 'base'portions 1 and 2, and a body portion 6 forms the center of the blank. The arms a and 5 have the bosses 7 and 8 stamped or otherwise formed from one side thereof, and a second boss is shaped to project from each of the bosses 7 and 8, these. second bosses being designated 9 and 10.

The blank as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, is bent. and shaped so that the two base portions 1 and 2 extend in the same parallel plane, as better illustrated in Fig. 4, and the body portion 6 is looped to form a rod: receiving socket indicated at 11, the arms l and 5 thus being brought to a parallel contiguous relation with the bosses thereof on opposite sides. openings 12 formed therethrough to be in alinement in the assembled relation, and rivets 13 are passed through these openings 12 to hold the parts secured together.

The boss 9 on the arm a has a circular opening ll formed centrally thereof to receive the pin end of a shade roll, and the semi-spheroid boss 10 on the remaining arm has a notch 15 formed through one side and extended to the crest thereof to have the squared end of the spring mandrel of the shade roll fitted and held against turning movement. A curtain rod 16 has a straight bearing portion 17 formed to be received through the socket 11 provided by looping the body portion 6 of the blank, a collar 18 being provided to hold this bearing portion against downward movement into the socket and a cap screw 19 being fitted within the screw-threaded orifice provided in the end of the bearing portion 17 to hold the same against upward displacement from the socket. This curtain rod 16 is then bent outwardly at right angles from the hearing portion at 20 and is returned in a gooseneck to form the thread-receiving extension at 21. An extension tube 22 is telescopically mounted upon the extension arm 21 of the rod 16, and a ball end23 is screwed or in The arms 4 and 5 have any other manner affixed to the outer free end of this telescopically mounted tube 23 to form a protection against tearingof thecurtain in thenormal use of the rod and in the insertlon of the rod through the rodreceiving hem of a curtain.

It is preferable that the bearing end 17 of the curtain rod 16be fitted within the socket 11 and assembled in connection with the bracket in such a 'manner that the squared orifice 15 will be presented onthe inside of the bracket when the bracket is connected at theleft-hand side of the Window and the circular pin-receiving opening 14: will be presented to the inside when the bracket is secured at the right-hand side,

7 vthis being the usual position of the corresponding parts on the standard shade roll.

As a means of fastening" the bracket'to the Window, screws 24 or other suitable fastenl ng: means'may bepassed through the opening 3 in the base portions 1 and 2 and into the trim of the window.

In the foregoing description, I have set fortlr the structure of" but a single bracket,

however, it will: be understood that in actual use of the device of my invention, one

of the brackets Will be secured to the Window'trim at each side and in this arrange- I ment oi? the parts, the brackets- Will be in a position that the pin at the one end of the shade roll will fit Within the circular orifice 714: and the squared end of the spring'mandrel at the opposite end of the shade roll will be received in the squared notch 15 across the trim; l/Vhen it is desired to fit the curtain in place, the rod can be swung pivotally in the socket ll of the bracket't'o bring the innerend' forwardly of'the Win- ClOW' and shade, and in this position the cur tain may be placed over the rod. Further,

Gopies' ofi thh patent may-be obtainedrfor it Will be seen that the. extension tube 22 permits the adaptation of the fixture to windows of various widths;

While I have herein shown and described one specific form of my invention, it will be understood that slight changes might be made in the form and arrangement of the severalparts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to be limited thereto except for such limitations as the claims may import.

l. A shade and curtain fixture comprising a bracket consisting of a single piece of sheet metal folded on itself and having'the ends bent to provide basesfor attachment of the bracket at either side of a window opening, the end of the fold being formed to a'cirocular socket for the reception of a curtain rodand the side armshaving bosses formed therein, sockets formed; in the bosses to re- 7 ceive the ends of a shade roller, and a curtain rod provided with a bearing portion to be mounted in-the circular socket to supporttherod and allow adjustment of the sameto an operative position on either sideofthe bracket;

2. A shade and curtain fixture comprising a bracket consisting of a single piece of sheet metal folded on itself and having the ends bent to provide bases for attachment of the bracket at either side of a window opening the end of the fold being formed to a circular socket for the reception of a curtain rod" and the side arms'havi-ng bosses formed therein, sockets formed in the bosses' to re ceive the ends of a shade r0ller,'a curtain rod provided with a bearing portion to be mounted in the circularsocket and a goose neck portion formed in the rod to lie in line With-the main extent thereof and beyond the bearing portion, said parts being sO-arrangedthat' the curtain rod may be adjusted to-an operative position on either side of'the bracket and that a curtain may be arranged on: saidrod and goose neck portion to overlie and cover said bracket.

In testimony whereof I: aflix my signaturein presence of tWo witnesses.

JOHN LYLE-WHITE. l/Vitnesses: I

H; A. BRUNNHUBER, CHARLES PITTMAN.

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